BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) - The director of North Dakota's sole abortion provider says medical abortions have ceased at the Fargo clinic following a North Dakota Supreme Court ruling.
Red River Women's Clinic director Tammi Kromenaker says that she directed her staff on Wednesday to halt medication abortions. Kromenaker says about eight women had been scheduled this week for the procedure. She says surgical abortions are still being done.
The state's high court on Tuesday upheld a 2011 state law that limits the use of drugs to perform abortions.
North Dakota Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem says the clinic had two weeks following the high court ruling to end medication abortions.
Kromenaker says the procedure was stopped immediately because she didn't want to put her staff at risk of legal action.